Seabirds study shows plastic pollution reaching surprising levels off coast of Pacific Northwest
EurekAlert | 06 Jul 2012
Plastic pollution off the northwest coast of North America is reaching the level of the notoriously polluted North Sea, according to a new study led by a researcher at the University of British Columbia.
 Pacific Ocean | Marine Debris | Seabirds

Eddies, not sunlight, spur annual bloom of tiny plants in North Atlantic
EurekAlert | 06 Jul 2012
Researchers have long believed that the longer days and calmer seas of spring set off an annual bloom of plants in the North Atlantic, but University of Washington scientists and collaborators discovered that warm eddies fuel the growth three weeks before the sun does.
 Atlantic Ocean | Ocean Currents | Plankton | Research

A Serendipitous Seafloor Sample
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 06 Jul 2012
Photo slideshow: How a pillow was transformed into a table
 Pacific Ocean | Research | Seabed